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Fi. fa
a. ‘A writ wherein the sheriff is commanded that he cause to be made out of the goods and chattels of the defendant, the sum for which judgement was given’ (Blackstone); the common process for executing a judgement. Often quoted as Fi. fa 
/ˈfaɪˈfeɪ/.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > other writs compelling or empowering sheriff
withernam1292
exigenta1325
scire facias1445
fieri-facias?1463
distringas1467
compulsorya1513
praemunirea1529
writ of waste1528–30
exigi facias1589
liberate1590
justicies1592
peremptory1606
pone1607
pone per vadium1607
levari faciasa1625
letters (or commissions) of fire and sword1678
?1463 J. Pampyng in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 346 A fieri facias is come out of the Eschequir for Hue Fen.
1544 tr. Natura Breuium (new ed.) 177 He shal haue execucyon against them by the statute of acton Burnel by a fieri facias.
1685 J. Keble Rep. King's Bench 1 947 Recovery of Debt on Fi. fa. directed to the Sheriff into London.
1728 T. Carthew Rep. Court King's Bench 419 There were two distinct Writs of Fi. fa. brought to the Sheriff.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 174 Nor were lands originally liable to a private person's debts, nor any execution but by fieri or levari facias.
1829 Maule & Selwyn Rep. Cases King's Bench VI. 110 The plaintiff claimed as a purchaser of a term, seized and sold by the sheriff under a writ of fi. fa.
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